What 2 square numbers subtract to make 8787?

What two square numbers subtract to make 8787? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 8787. What are the two square numbers?

First, note that a square number is what you get when you multiply a number by itself, which means that the square root of a square number will equal a whole number. Thus, this is what we are solving:

A² - B² = 8787

We solved the equation above and found this to be true:

94² - 7² = 8787

94² is 8836 and 7² is 49, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 8787?" is 8836 and 49 as illustrated below:

8836 - 49 = 8787

Note that there may be more than one solution to a problem like this. Above, we found the lowest combination of square numbers that subtract to 8787. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

27556 - 18769 = 8787

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